incentive program (redirected from Incentive programs)

incentive program,

n a dental benefits program that pays an increasing share of the treatment cost provided that the covered individual uses the benefits of the program during each incentive period (usually a year) and receives the treatment prescribed. E.g., a 70% to 30% copayment program in the first year of coverage may become an 80% to 20% program in the second year if the subscriber visits the dental professional in the first year as stipulated in the program. Most frequently, there is a corresponding percentage reduction in the program's copayment level if the covered individual fails to visit the dental professional in a given year (but never below the initial copayment level).